A Collection of Texts in Kir

What follows is a collection of texts intended to illustrate the language in more natural and extended use than the glossed examples found in the grammar.

The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9)

T͡ʃəːɲ ɡakʼ ɡʷapɨkʼ tauɡat ɓarɨt kʼamak pauɓɨt kɨt͡ɕ sənət kʼʷɨːɡ taib ɡakaɡʷɨt kʼʷɨːɡ. Ʃaʃɨt ɡakʼ kaːkʷ paujɨt taut͡ʃɨt t͡ʃəːk, taib ɓɨj ɡakʼ kaːkʷ ɲəlak makʼʷɨdɨt paujɨt lɨsɨt kɨt͡ɕ, hədəf fɨbat͡ʃ ɡakʼ kaːkʷ ʃən. Kʼaw ɡakʼ kaːkʷ ɡɨkʼ ʃɨkʼʷ ɓam kʼʷɨs tɨɓ ɓat͡ʃabat taib ɡɨkʼ maf ɓam kʼʷɨs tɨɓ ɓat͡ʃabat kanəkʼ. T͡ʃəːɲ ɡakʼ kaːkʷ ɓat͡ʃabɨt lakʷɨt hɨlaɡʷ, taib t͡ʃəːɲ ɡakʼ kaːkʷ ɲapɨɲɨt hakʼəbət hɨlaɡʷ.

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

A Creation Myth

Hakʼʷat͡ʃ hɨl tɨɓ dəjəkʼ tauɡat. Pakʼat͡ʃ ɡakʼ kʷat͡ɕɨt taib ʃamɨt sənat pɨkʼʷ kaːkʷ. Ʃamaf ɡakʼ kaːkʷ laːkʼʷat pɨkʼʷ tajaːdat taib hat͡ɕat. Ɡaiɲ nakʼʷat ɡakʼ kʷɨrɨt, ʃait t͡ɕaud sənət t͡ʃak, paujɨt kaːɲak sələt kɨt͡ɕ. Mahɨw ɡakʼ tɨt͡ɕ kʼamak taib kʷat͡ʃɨɡak paujɨt ɓat͡ʃak ɲafasɨt kɨt͡ɕ. Sakʼʷaiɲ ɡakʼ hɨl sənət t͡ʃak, narət͡ʃ ɡakʼ tɨt͡ɕ.

We are not like other people. Their languages were shaped by struggle and time. They copied the sounds of beasts and birds, and they learned to speak like that. But our language arose in a different way. It was born whole and perfect in a single breath. Our language did not evolve; it was created.

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